IS. THIS WEST SIDE TEEN KILLED IN A COLLISION SO VIOLATE THE CAR SPLIT IN HALF. WE HAVE LEARNED HE WAS SKIPPING SCHOOL WITH TWO OTHER TEENS. HIS MOTHER SPEAKING WITH NEWS 4 JAX ABOUT HER SON'S TRAGIC DEATH. I WISH HE WOULD HAVE MADE A BETTER DECISION YESTERDAY. I JUST WISH HE WOULD HAVE MADE A BETTER DECISION AND YOU KNOW THEY THINK PARENTS DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT BUT THEY DO. IF L THAT GRIEVING MOTHER SAYS HER SON SIMPLY MADE A BAD CHOICE ULTIMATELY COST HIM HIS LIFE IVT. CAR 15-YEAR-OLD AND 2 OTHER TEENS RIDING IN YESTERDAY WAS KEY MONTHLY ISSUED WHEN IT CRASHED INTO A LIGHT POLE AFTER FLEEING THE SCENE OF ANOTHER ACCIDENT. POLICE HAVE NOT YET IDENTIFIED THE 2 OTHER TEENS. IF WE ARE LIVE ON THE WEST SIDE MORE FROM THE BOY'S MOTHER. 15-YEAR-OLD MOTHER SAYS SHE BELIEVES HER SON SKIPPED OUT OF CLASS WITH FRIENDS DURING FIRST PERIOD YESTERDAY BEFORE THE CAR THEY WERE RIDING IN CRASHED INTO THAT THE LIGHT POLE THERE BEHIND ME. SHE SAYS IT'S JUST ONE OF THE POOR DECISIONS THAT SHE WISHES THAT HE DID NOT MAKE THAT CONTRIBUTED TO HIS DEATH. SON I LOVE YOU. YOU HAVE A GOOD DAY AND DO WHAT YOU NEED DO IN SCHOOL. Reporter: HIS MOTHER SAYS LIKE ANY OTHER SCHOOL DAY SHE DROPPED HER 15-YEAR-OLD OFF AT ED WHITE HIGH SCHOOL AND TOLD HIM THAT HE LOVED HER NOT KNOWING THAT GRANT WOULD SKIP CLASS AND LEAVE SCHOOL WITH TWO OTHER TEENAGERS IN A CAR. I OF JUST MADE A BAD DECISION. TEENAGERS DO THINGS AND WE MAKE MISTAKE, YOU KNOW. BUT THIS TIME THE MISTAKE JUST COST HIM HIS LIFE. Reporter: SHE DIDN'T FIND OUT UNTIL LATE WED AFTERNOON THAT HER SON WAS KILLED IN CAR CRASH ON OLD MEDDLE BURG ROAD. POLICE SAY THE CAR THEY WERE RIDING IN HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE AND LEFT THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT. STRIKING THE LIGHT POLE. AS THEY TRIED TO SPEED AWAY. THERE WAS 2 INDIVIDUAL ON THE GROUND. 1 WAS BLEEDING. IF ANOTHER ONE HAD GOTTEN UP. THE DRIVER TO SEE HOW HIS FRIENDS WERE I GUESS AND THEN HE COLLAPSED. Reporter: PETE WILLIS SAYS THE DRIVER INVOLVED IN THE INITIAL ACCIDENT WITH GRANT VEHICLE WAS CHASING THEM AFTER THEY LEFT THE SCENE. THAT'S WHEN THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL AND RAN ON TO THE SIDEWALK HITTING THE LIGHT POLE WHICH SPLIT THE VEHICLE IN HALF. HIT-AND-RUN. IF CHASING THEM DOWN. Reporter: GRANT FAMILY SAYS THE 15-YEAR-OLD BOY WAS A PROMISING STUDENT WHO LOVED BASKETBALL AND GOING TO CHURCH. POLICE SAID OTHER 2 UNIDENTIFIED TEENAGERS IN THE CAR ARE STILL FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIVES IN THE HOSPITAL. I'M PRAYING FOR THEM THAT THEY MAKE IT THROUGH. THAT THEIR PARENTS DON'T HAVE TO GOOD THROUGH THE LOSS THAT I'M GOING THROUGH. BECAUSE I MISS MY SON. LORD KNOWS I MISS MY SON. WE DON'T KNOW PARENTS MY WORST TODAY T.GET THE SON AND DAUGHTER BACK TO OUR FOUNDATION IS GOD. Reporter: IF THE MOTHER SAYS SHE LEARNED ABOUT HER SON DEATH AROUND 4:00 P.M. YESTERDAY. SHE SAYS SHE WANTS OTHER PARENTS AND THE JACKSONVILLE COMMUNITY TO TALK TO THEIR CHILDREN ABOUT THE DECISIONS THAT THEY MAKE AND SOMETIMES THE TRAGIC CONSEQUENCE THAT IS CAN COME OUT OF THOSE CAN COME OUT OF THOSE DECISIONS. LIVE HERE ON THE WEST SIDE, CHANNEL 4, THE LOCAL STATION. POLICE SAY ANYTHING MORE ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION ABOUT THE DRIVER. Reporter: WE WAIT TO GET THE POLICE REPORT FROM THE SHERIFFS OFFICE. WE EXPECTED TO LEARN THE IDENTITY OF THE OTHER 2 TEENAGERS WHO WERE INSIDE THE CAR. WE FIND OUT WHO IS BEHIND THE WHEEL. ALSO WAIT TO GO FIND OUT THE IDENTITY OF THE PERSON IN THE VEHICLE WHO THE CAR ORIGINALLY HIT. ALL THAT WE ARE EXPECTING SOON FROM THE JACKSONVILLE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -

A 15-year-old passenger in a car fleeing the scene of a hit-and-run crash Wednesday has died, according to Jacksonville police.

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Tyriq Grant, an Ed White High School freshman, was one of three in the car that crashed into a power pole about 9:45 a.m. on Old Middleburg Road at Memorial Park Road on the Westside.

All three were taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries, and Grant died at the hospital. He was wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash.

The identities of the other two involved have not been released.

Police said the car was fleeing the scene of a minor accident at Lane and Lenox avenues.

Peter Willis, a witness to the crash, said the driver involved in the initial accident with the car Grant was in was chasing it after it left the scene. He said that's when the driver of Grant's car lost control and ran up onto the sidewalk, hitting the power pole.

"There were three individuals on the ground, two were bleeding and one had gotten up. The driver and then he just collapsed," Willis said.

Grant's mother said Thursday her son was just like any other teenager and made a terrible mistake. She said he was dropped off to ride the bus at 6:40 a.m. Wednesday and went to school.

"I said, 'Son, I love you. Have a good day and do what you need to do in school,'" said Grant's mother, who didn't want to be identified.

She said Grant must have left school in homeroom or first period.

"He just made a bad decision," she said. "Teenagers do things, but this time the mistake cost him his life."

Grant's mother said she went to pick him up at 2 p.m. from his bus stop and he didn't come off, so she drove around to find him. She said that at about 4 p.m., police notified her of her son's death.

Grant's family said he was a promising student who loved basketball and went to church. Grant's mother said she hopes the other two involved in the crash will recover.

"I pray that they can make it through and their parents don't have to go through the loss that I'm going through," she said. "'Cause I miss my son. Lord knows I miss my son."

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